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Nick Bollinger surveys some of the outstanding international sounds of the past 12 months. Audio

Nick Bollinger revisits some his favourite local sounds of 2018. Audio

Nick Bollinger asseses the impact of new love, parenthood and a move to Nashville on the music of Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck. Audio

Nick Bollinger lends an ear to the science-fiction, folk and electronica of Jane Weaver. Audio

Nick Bollinger explores the space-fixated sounds of Alabama outsider artist Lonnie Holley. Audio

This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger explores the music of sci-fi folkie Jane Weaver, the cosmic obsessions of Alabama outsider artist Lonnie Holley, and asseses the impact of new love, parenthood… Audio

Elliott Childs reviews the new album from genre bending Canadian hardcore-punk band F'd Up, Kirsten Johnstone reviews I Need To Start A Garden by Portland-based songwriter Haley Heynderickx and… Audio

Elliot Childs and Kirsten Johnstone discuss the dystopian second album from Auckland electro-hip-hop quartet Yoko-Zuna. Audio

Elliott Childs reviews the new album from genre bending Canadian hardcore-punk band F'd Up Audio

Kirsten Johnstone reviews I Need To Start A Garden, the debut album from Portland-based songwriter Haley Heynderickx, who investigates self-doubt, religious doubt and existentialism, but with a good… Audio

Chicago country stalwart Robbie Fulks and Louisiana piano pounder Linda Gail Lewis team up for a rambunctious set of duets. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses an album that looks at the state of American Dream, circa 1968. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses a fiery collision between Chicago country stalwart Robbie Fulks and Louisiana piano pounder Linda Gail Lewis, a set of songs that consider the state of the union circa 1968… Audio

The Beatles 'White Album' is 50 years old and there's a new 6-disc edition to mark the occasion. Nick Bollinger takes a deep dive. Audio

Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks is one of the most celebrated albums in popular music. An exhaustive new 6-disc set lets us sit in on its construction. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the spine-tingling harmonies and modern-day field recordings of Mountain Man, and a revealing 6-disc document of the sessions that produced Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the spine-tingling harmonies and modern-day field recordings of vocal trio Mountain Man. Audio

A Samoan woman behind a innovative internship programme linking Pasifika to the public sector has been recognised in New Zealand's inaugural Public Service Medals. Audio

Julien Dyne knows how to make the people dance, as Nick Bollinger discovers. Audio

Nick Bollinger finds something familiar and something different in the latest album from The Changing Same. Audio

Connan Mockasin offers a companion album to his dodgy-sounding movie melodrama. Nick Bollinger has a listen. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a dance set from Julien Dyne; a companion album to a dodgy-soundingmelodrama from Connan Mockasin; and the familiar-yet-different sound of The Changing Same. Audio

Auckland's Superturtle come from a place where it's always the early 80s. Nick Bollinger stops by for a listen. Audio

Superturtle come from a place where it's always the early 80s; Darren Watson makes his home in the blues, and Neneh Cherry mixes slow jams and politics. Nick Bollinger listens. Audio

Nick Bollinger pays attention to an acoustic set from Kiwi bluesman Darren Watson. Audio